ANALYSIS: Mueller findings underpin Democratic articles of impeachment
by Jerry Dunleavy
| December 15, 2019 11:32 AM
Although the articles of impeachment don’t mention Russia or special counsel Robert Mueller by name, the Trump-Russia allegations underpin both accusations of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress.
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler, whose committee became responsible for drafting and passing the articles of impeachment following weeks of Ukraine-centered testimony and investigations spearheaded by the House Intelligence Committee, spent the months following the Mueller report’s release strongly hinting at a Russia-related impeachment — especially connected to the 10 instances of possible obstruction of justice laid out by the special counsel after his two-year investigation. The New York Democrat reportedly sought to include a third article of impeachment directly connected to Mueller's investigation, but House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a California Democrat, put her foot down.
But the two articles of impeachment passed by his committee charging the president with soliciting Ukraine's help to interfere in the 2020 election are buttressed by language alleging this is a pattern of behavior by the president, claiming his actions toward Ukraine are “consistent†with those toward Russia.
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